To:V. M. MOLOTOV FOR THE POLITBUREAU OF THE R.C.P.(B.) C.C.[1]

Written:Written on July 11, 1921Published:First published in 1965 inCollected Works, Fifth (Russian) Ed., Vol. 53.

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Iam in favour ofbothproposals.

1)Startsupply of coal and foodstuffs to Petrograd right
away; sign right away.

2)AcceptNansen’s terms: he will send one man.

[1]Writtenon a letter from V. M. Molotov, Secretary of the
R.C.P.(B.) C.C., who put to the vote of the Politbureau members
two proposals: =

1) to authorise a commission of P. A. Bogdanov and
G. V. Tsyperovich to draft an agreement with the German
consortium on its participation in rehabilitating the metal industry
of Petrograd; and =

2) Fridtjof Nansen’s proposal to send food to
the population of Petrograd. Both were adopted by the
Politbureau on July 11, 1921.